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Late December’s wet weather caused many high profile events to be cancelled but not for a special wedding in Leicestershire. Event Flooring Solutions (EFS) were tasked to ensure that a wonderful wedding and reception took place no matter whatever the weather. Working with GL Events EFS quickly visited the sited for a survey to assess the topography and overall logistics involved – the brief was simple “This wedding has to take place – failure is not an option!” The on site survey showed that access was critical, the field was located along a narrow country drive which meant un-loading from normal transport onto smaller vehicles and by hand. EFS organised lighter vehicles and forklifts to provide the ideal access to the site co-ordinated by EFS staff. Initially the key criteria was to provide access across the field for the support staff of GL Events to unload the marquee structure and support facilities. Additionally vehicular access was essential for the suppliers and sub contractors to construct and service the wedding marquee, finally given the wet weather access and parking for the guests was requested. For this essential work EFS staff installed 1100m² of their Hex Road product - light, flexible and able to allow for heavy loads, this was ideal for both site access and protection of the ground beneath, also allowing an ideal work platform for support staff and vehicle standing. Hex Road was also used around the site as access to on site parking, given the flexibility of Hex Road EFS were able to install additional spurs off the main road way to provide and maximise the number of parking spaces available. As the continued heavy rain fell and with several last minute urgent phone calls, it quickly became apparent that additional protection was required for the field in which the cars were parked. Given that this was the “Friday before Christmas” and new stock was required on site, EFS managed to arrange for several small vehicles to collect and deliver new product direct to the site. EFS staff were contacted and arrived on site in time to install 700m² of their Temp-A-Road product to in-fill and provide a firm parking area within the road spurs. As a final touch, EFS arranged for both the Hex Road and Temp-A-Road to be cleaned using mechanical sweepers and individual jet washing from mobile bowsers with on-site staff. This beautiful event took place with no hitches from the weather and thanks to EFS they were able to “Spare the bride’s blushes”!

As the leading specialists in portable flooring, Event Flooring Solutions (EFS) supplied and installed their complete range of flooring solutions for the UK's leading agricultural machinery, equipment and farm services show - LAMMA at Newark this year. More than 4,500m² of Hex Road was installed as extra internal roadways linking the marquees to the main walkways whilst also providing hard standing areas around the site. Additionally – in excess of 1,000m² of the specialist Temp-A-Path® flooring was provided and installed as a hard standing area and walkway around stands for customers such as, Claas, John Deere and Nat West. Finally EFS provided exhibition carpeting – for more than 70 stands – both indoors and outside.

Once again we were asked to provide and install temporary walkways and hard standing areas for the annual Lincoln Christmas market. Having designed the layout for the market several years ago, we are always delighted to be asked to undertake this exciting festive project. As a national heritage site it is critical that due care, attention and diligence is paid to the surrounding areas both within the Castle grounds and also the neighbouring gardens. We selected EFS Temp-A-Path® as the ideal solution for this bespoke installation within the selected areas, protecting the grounds of this historical site and allowing access for pedestrians and vehicles alike. Site installation details for the Temp-A-Path® product are as follows:- • Within the Castle grounds, we supplied and installed 2,300m² which protected the lawned area and also provided a walkway to other venues. • For the insides of the sales marquees in the surrounding Gardens we installed 360m² • Additionally we laid 500m² around the surrounding areas as temporary walkways. With over 250,000 people attending the Christmas Market over 4 days in December, Lincoln is regarded as the largest Christmas event of its kind.

For this year’s annual medieval Christmas market we were asked by Dakin Events to provide protective flooring for both inside and outside of the Castle keep. Our products offered protection for the grounds and lawns whilst also providing safe walkways throughout the site. For the build up of the marquees and general access areas we supplied and installed 500m² of Hex Road – this was largely outside of the Castle Keep. Whilst within the Castle walls, for the stallholders, entertainers and visitors, we supplied and installed 1,400m² of our Temp-A-Path® product. The annual Medieval Christmas Fayre in Ludlow is described as the best medieval show in the land with over 100 stalls selling seasonal gifts with a distinct medieval flavour. This year’s weekend event attracted more music, minstrels, merriment and mirth than ever before and was certainly a great treat for all of the family, set within the glorious grounds of the medieval Ludlow Castle.

We were delighted to be awarded for the second year running the contract to provide a solution for the 9th annual Christmas Fayre in Bury St Edmunds. The tourist office (part of the borough council), contacted us with regards to protecting the historic lawns and gardens, providing floor areas for stalls and entertainers, whilst working under severe time parameters. Temp-A-Path® was selected as the most practical and versatile product for installation and uplift. In total 1,700m² of the product was installed protecting the grass from pedestrian foot fall and trade stands. The time issues were critical for the council given that the location was within the Abbey walls on the lawns and gardens where no mechanical trucks or forklifts were allowed. The lorry had to be manually unloaded by 6 am, with the stock then transported on pallet trucks across the main road and into the gardens prior to the daily rush hour. For the uplift of Temp-A-Path® , the team started work at 9pm and, with the assistance of floodlights, working through the night they managed to have the return lorry Loaded and sent away by 6am. Bury St Edmunds Christmas Fayre has non-stop entertainment for three days with many different groups, schools and charities performing. The Christmas Fayre is now famous for its entertainment. With two stages, children’s entertainment and street entertainers, there is something for everyone.

EFS were proud to work, on behalf of the Leicester Mayor’s office to supply and install over 1,000m² of Temp-A-Path® for the remembrance service at the War Memorial in Leicester’s Victoria Park. Following an on site meeting earlier in the year, EFS were able to design the optimum fit for the service and wreath laying. It enabled the best use of Temp-A-Path to be laid within the area provided. Temp-A-Path® was selected from the bidding process as being the most cost effective and flexible product available for this event. The key objectives were to provide a safe platform for the service as well as protecting the memorial gardens and grounds. With over 3,500 participants attending hymns and prayers were sang and said with proud veterans standing shoulder to shoulder with young cadets under a brilliant blue sky to pay their respects to fallen soldiers.

For the second year running EFS were appointed by Ignite Music & Entertainment Ltd to supply and fit the flooring area within the Player’s Hospitality area at the recent 2012 ATP Tennis Tournament in London’s O2 Arena. This event is the biggest indoor tennis tournament in the world featuring Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and a wealth of other stars. The project involved laying wood effect vinyl in both the Players lounge and restaurant sections. This technically challenging work involved bonding the vinyl to the plywood flooring and cutting around many pillars to the precise design supplied. The work was completed over 2 days to enable the fit out to take place. Jeremy Simpson – Business Development Manager for EFS commented, ”Following our initial work with Ignite in 2011 it was great to be re-awarded the contact for 2012 for this prestigious tournament and iconic venue. As a company we have grown significantly during our first year and repeat business like this proves that we have the products and service that the market expects and requires.”

Working on behalf of Bright White Ltd, Event Flooring Solutions (EFS) have provided temporary flooring for the Illuminating York Festival. The festival runs Wednesday 31 October until Saturday 3 November. EFS created a working pad for an articulated lorry using 130m² of their Hex Road product along with providing temporary walkways and disabled access areas throughout the museum grounds using 400m² of Temp-A-Path® . Both products provide ideal safe flooring environments which also providing ideal protection for the grounds themselves. EFS Business Development Manager Jeremy Simpson commented “This is a new project for us and we are delighted that our products were chosen.” He added “This is the start of a busy few months for EFS and we look forward to more diverse opportunities for our product range”. This will be York’s largest Illuminating York Festival yet, with comedian Vic Reeves given a free reign to unleash his absurd and magical creations in the centre of York. Last year’s event saw 60,000 people flock to the festival, and as well as three large scale projections, the botanical gardens will also be brought to magical life using innovative lighting around trees and plants. The York Museum Gardens have been transformed into a ten acre magical wonderland for the return of Illuminating York. Where the old world meets new, as the hauntingly beautiful ruins of St Mary’s Abbey, the stunning facade of the Yorkshire Museum and part of the City Walls provide the backgrounds to three large scale cutting edge projections.

Lincoln Market At Lincoln Christmas market last year, we laid over 2,500m² of Temp-A-Path® to protect the grounds within the castle from the high footfall over the 4 days of the event and also critically during the site construction and dis-mantling. Ludlow Fayre We were asked to provide both our Temp-A-Path® and Hex Road products for last years event at Ludlow Medieval Christmas Fayre in Shropshire. Bury St Edmunds For last years event, we laid 1,400m² of Temp-A-Path® for the stalls and entertainers as well as protecting the historic gardens. Christmas Ice Rinks Our club gel-backed heavy duty carpet is being used at over 30 outdoor Ice Rinks all over the UK this Christmas

We were approached by the organisers of this 3 day festival to create temporary pedestrian access to the park in South Birmingham. With rain forecast for 2 of the days it was vital to protect the grounds and provide a safe access road. EFS staff installed 100m² of Temp-A-Path® . The festival featured the return of Echo and the Bunnymen and was a sell out for the 3 days with thousands of delighted festival goers.

For a private party at this iconic and unique location on the rooftop of the old Barkers store in High Street Kensington, Evolve Events asked us to supply and fit a white carpet on top of the existing carpeted areas. Being pure white the carpet also had to be protected after installation and prior to the party to allow contractors to access and work on the party build up. We supplied our White Podium Flat carpet with a polythene protection layer attached; this carpet was then stuck to the existing carpet using our EFS lock lift tape. Access to the location and then to the roof top itself is challenging but we were delighted with the results.

Kambe Events appointed us for the second year to provide and install temporary flooring for the festival site and camping areas at Kelmarsh Hall in Northamptonshire. For general vehicle access both to and around the site we installed 1060m² of Hex Road , this was also used to create a hard standing Bus Park within the grounds of the hall. For the toilets and showers facilities we installed 500m² of Temp-A-Path® in 6 separate locations around the site. Shambala takes place for 4 days over the Bank Holiday weekend and described by The Independent as "In a nutshell- energetic, playful, bonkers, theatrical, green” we were delighted to be able to assist again and look forward to 2013

An additional request for this event from Concert Clinic was to protect the newly laid carpet within the De Montfort Hall. This carpet costing over £85,000 could not be removed and festival goers were expected to attend events within the auditorium. We recommend our Caterer Floor sheeting as the best option. The product is hard wearing, flame retardant and easy clean white polythene sheeting which is an ideal economic alternative to vinyl flooring. To cover the carpets in the hall we supplied and installed 3 rolls 2m x 100m which provided complete protection from the mud and day to day dirt.

Following the success of the 2011 Summer Sundae festival, Concert Clinic asked us to provide our temporary flooring products for the 2012 event. Based at Leicester’s De Montfort hall this annual show takes place in a variety of themed marquees, main outdoor stage and the hall itself. Concert Clinic wanted the products to be installed by their own staff and so ease of usage and installation was vital. For the roadways around the site we provided 650m² of Hex Road , this allowed contractors vehicles, event traffic as well as festival goers to move around the site in safety. Additionally it protected the grounds of the historic hall and parkland from wear and tear. Within the specialist marquees and big top we provided 350m² of Temp-A-Path . The sheets are easily to manoeuvre and install which assisted the voluntary staff who laid the flooring. Summer Sundae is an annual event in Leicester’s event calendar, held over 4 days and this year it attracted a number of high profile acts – Adam Ant, Ocean Colour Scene and Public Image Ltd.

Following many previous years successful protection of the University grounds, we were pleased to be re-awarded the contract for this important annual graduation event. With over 4,000 students a day attending over a 4 week duration we supplied and installed 1,500m² of Hex Road , 750m² of Temp-A-Road and 500m² of Temp-A-Path® . Each of our flexible products was put to good use on the University grounds for protection, parking, roadways and additionally flooring within the support marquees. Following a month’s constant rain the products proved to be the ideal protection for the grounds and to assist with the constant traffic – both pedestrian and vehicles.

As part of the Graduation event for the University we were also asked to provide protection for the recently installed sports hall flooring. The brief from the University was to protect the newly installed floor with a suitable carpet barrier onto which seating would be placed.

This bi-annual international exhibition held at Hillhead quarry in Buxton,Derbyshire allows suppliers to the quarrying industry the perfect “Real World” arena to demonstrate and promote their products. This year’s event attracted over 17,000 visitors – a 10% increase on Hillhead 2011, throughout the three days of the show they experienced more live demonstrations and new plant & equipment than ever before, presented by a record 459 exhibitors. We supplied our Temp-A-Path® product in this challenging environment to 14 exhibitors for use on and providing safe access to their stands, additionally the product was used for general hard standing areas.

The award winning Eco house designed and built by students at the University was given its own unique location within the grounds, following a stint within an exhibition environment. The area chosen was however, within University parkland 133m from the nearest road with an incline of over 22m. To install the modular based house onto its new area would require 4 separate articulated lorry loads and a stable area for a mobile crane to operate. Working with the Estates department we were asked to provide a temporary product which would not only allow access for the crane and associated vehicles but would also protect the grounds beneath. We installed 600m² of Hex Road and Geo Membrane to provide the temporary roadway and working platform. Following a month’s constant rain the products proved to be the ideal protection for the grounds and were quick and easy to install and remove.

As part of their sponsorship of the 2012 Olympic Games, Coca Cola arranged a series of outdoor concerts around the UK. These free shows featured diverse acts as Mark Ronson, Emeli Sande, Eliza Doolittle and Dizzee Rascal promoting the games. We were contacted by Leeds council to provide a flooring solution for the site both front of house and also back stage. As both of the areas were to be installed by local staff it was important to provide a simple and easy to use system. For the backstage areas we supplied 100m² of Temp-A-Path® for walkways and for the main area we supplied 600m² of Hex Road with Geo membrane to protect the ground. Both items were installed and removed by The Leeds Council Events Team.